Alabama Teen Drug & Alcohol Rehab

Alabama Teen Drug and Alcohol Information

Inspirations for Youth and Families understands that many Alabama teens suffer from addiction. Our Teen Rehab Center has successfully treated Alabama residents as well as those throughout the nation for over a decade by providing them with the necessary tools to not only fight addiction, but win, and live a clean and sober life.

Why Inspirations?

Inspirations for Youth program focuses on a therapeutic approach so Alabama teens can learn to live without drugs and alcohol

It is also a highly individualized program limited to a maximum of 32 teens at a time

Inspirations is a gender specific program that combines academics, therapy and family involvement

Inspirations has a Teen Boarding School which allow teens who often struggle with school to continue their path to graduation

Participants in the program live in a dorm-like setting where there is a four-to-one ratio of teens to staff on a 24/7 basis

Teens are required to demonstrate accountability by handling most of the housekeeping, responsibilities – from cooking, cleaning, and laundry with supervision

Inspiration practices recreational therapy by taking the teens out on fun day trips such as snorkeling, beach volleyball and movies – so they associate fun with sobriety

Typically teens enter a rehab when they’re out of control, unaccountable for their behavior and scared. When they leave Inspirations, they’re focused, hopeful and working towards healthy choices

Inspirations for Youth works with all the leading insurance companies nationwide that operate in Alabama. Finding an insurance solution is just a phone call away. Contact us now

Some of the largest Alabama cities and outlying areas where Inspirations has helped teens include: Birmingham, Montgomery, Mobile, Tuscaloosa, and Huntsville

Alabama Teen Drug & Alcohol Statistics

Approximately 40,000 (10.4 percent) adolescents in Alabama used an illicit drug in the past month; 23,000 (6.1 percent) used Marijuana, and 24,000 (6.3 percent) used an illegal drug other than Marijuana

18,000 males and 18,000 females used pain relievers non-medically in the 12 months prior to the interview

Rates of drug dependence or abuse were similar between males and females in Alabama, but rates of Alcohol dependence among females (3.8 percent or 7,000) were significantly higher than Alcohol dependence rates for males (1.6 percent or 3,000)

15,000 adolescents (7,000 males and 8,000 females) needed, but did not receive treatment for drug problems

Alabama females were twice as likely as Alabama males to have experienced a Major Depressive Episode (MDE) within the past year (11.5 v. 5.2 percent)

Teen Illicit Drug Abuse in Alabama

According to the combined 2003–2006 NSDUH:

Approximately 40,000 (10.4 percent) of the 383,000 adolescents in Alabama used an illicit drug in the past month; 23,000 (6.1 percent) used Marijuana, and 24,000 (6.3 percent) used an illicit drug other than Marijuana

There were no significant differences in illicit drug use between adolescent males and females in Alabama

The misuse of pain relievers among youth is also a major public health concern

In Alabama, 18,000 males and 18,000 females used pain relievers non-medically in the 12 months prior to the interview

Rates of non-medical pain reliever use were similar between adolescent females and males (9.5 v. 9.3 percent)

Adolescent Alcohol Use and Abuse in Alabama

6.3 percent of adolescents (62,000) used Alcohol in the past month, and 9.8 percent (37,000) engaged in binge drinking. Binge drinking is defined as consuming five or more drinks on the same occasion on at least one day within the past 30 days

Rates of current Alcohol use and past month binge drinking among Alabama adolescents were similar for males and females; 16.2 percent of males and 16.3 percent of females currently used Alcohol, and 10.9 percent of males and 8.6 percent of females engaged in binge drinking in the month prior to the interview

Adolescent Alcohol and Illicit Drug Dependence or abuse in Alabama

According to the 2003–2006 NSDUH:

Nationwide nearly 1.5 million adolescents were dependent on or abused Alcohol in the past year and more than 1.2 million adolescents were dependent or abused illicit drugs

Overall, the rates of past-year abuse or dependence on Alcohol were significantly higher for females than males (6.0 v. 5.4 percent), but rates of past-year abuse or dependence on illicit drugs were similar between males and females

Rates of drug dependence or abuse were similar between males and females in Alabama, but rates of Alcohol dependence among females (3.8 percent or 7,000) were significantly higher than Alcohol dependence rates for males (1.6 percent or 3,000)

Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment in Alabama

State treatment data for substance use disorders are derived from two primary sources: (1) National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS), an annual one-day census of clients in treatment and (2) the Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), which provides information on annual treatment admissions.

According to the 2006 N-SSATS Survey:

Alabama showed a one-day total of 14,953 clients in treatment, the majority of whom (13,855 or 92.7 percent) were in out-patient treatment

Of the total number of clients in treatment on this date, 1,541 (10.3 percent) were under the age of 18

Unmet Need for Substance Abuse Treatment in Alabama

NSDUH 2003–2006 estimates that more than 1.16 million adolescents needed, but did not receive treatment for illicit drug problems and more than 1.3 million needed, but did not receive treatment for Alcohol problems. NSDUH defines “Unmet Treatment Need” as an individual who meets the criteria for abuse of or dependence on illicit drugs or Alcohol according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition (DSM-IV), but who has not received specialty treatment for that problem in the past year.

In 2003–2006:

Rates of unmet need for past-year Alcohol problems and rates of unmet need for past-year drug problems were similar between adolescent males and females in Alabama

15,000 Alabama adolescents (7,000 males and 8,000 females) needed, but did not receive treatment for drug problems within the past year

Information provided in this page is the data described in the Adolescent Behavioral Health reports derived principally from national surveys conducted by the Office of Applied Studies, a component of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

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